So sorry that it has been awhile since I posted. It has been a trying couple of days, to say the least.

As you know I went in for surgery on Friday morning. While the surgery went fine, they did find more cancer during the process in some new places. The surgeons opted for the simpler surgery in order to have a shorter recovery time and get me ready for chemo. I went home Friday to rest and recuperate. Slept most of Friday. Saturday morning I felt ok, other than the fact that I felt like a train ran over my stomach. Nothing a pain pill couldn’t fix. Around mid morning, my abdomen started swelling up to where it looked like there was a small creature that needed to be birthed. I called my brother for advise and my on call surgeon who both recommended I go to the ER. I spent the entire day there and at 11pm they finally found a large hematoma in my belly. I had bleed out into my abdominal muscle and it was causing a lot of pain. In order to monitor that I was not loosing blood, I was admitted to the hospital for the night. After many sticks and tests, they sent me home Sunday afternoon around 3p.

Monday morning I woke up and had redness, edema and hot skin all around one of my surgical sites. So, back I went to the hospital to make sure it wasn’t cellulitis. Fortunately, this time I was able to go to the clinic and did not have to do the ER thing again. After more sticks to draw blood, they felt it was more a reaction to the hematoma than it was an infection. They sent me home and told me to return if I spiked a fever at any point.

Today, I have remained at home all day. I broke my 4 day hospital streak! I guess technically there are still a few hours left in the day, but I am going to remain optimistic. That is the extremely short version of my weekend. I received the rest of my tests back on Monday as well. I meet with my oncologist this Thursday to get my plan going. It is sounding like it will be chemo. Not sure of how much or how often at this point. I continue to try to rest and get my strength back to prepare for my next challenge.

Thanks for all the prayers, cards, gifts and support. Keep the prayers coming. If this weekend was any indication of what is ahead, it is going to be a long hard year too.